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LANEFORD
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For Day or Evening Wear. Made of the very finest materials, in all the most favoured shapes, “* LANEFORD ”' COLLARS are distinctive
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MEN'S WEAR STYLISTS.
LIKE A PRAIRIE FIRE
The Raisin cult has spread throughout Great Britain from・・ America, « where Everybody's eating them!
SUN MAID RAISINS
The Seedless Raisins in the Red Package
Are the popular sweetmeat in two continents to-day, because, not only do they possess a delicate and subtle flavour, but they are one of Nature's own most health-giving foods, containing Iron in concentrated form.
Hong Kong must now test their
popularity.
On sale in two sizes at all the leading Stores and Compradores, but-
Look for the Maid of the Sun on the
Red Packet.
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RIGAUD PARIS "MARY GARDEN"
Famous Dainty Perfumes.
OSTAJNABLE" From WING ON & CO, THE SUN CO, SINCERE CO.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 23rd, 1928.
and allDrugs and Chemist Stores
AGENTS:
VICENTE ATIENZA & CO.
No. 54, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON TEL. K. 155,
LORD TERRINGTON
CHARGED.
£10,000 INVOLVED IN ALL
1
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LONDON, April 1st. After protracted proceedings with Franco, partially due to his state of health, Lord Terrington was
brought to London and charged at the Mansion House with fraudulent conversion under the Larceny Act while practising as a solicitor in the
name of Woodhouse & Co.
There are twenty-one charges, involving £70,000.
ARE THERE ANY LETTERS
FOR YOU?.
UNCLAIMED CORRESPON- DENCE, ETC., "AT THE G.P.O.
THE OFFICIAL LIST FOR SATURDAY,
A General Post Office notification, issued on Saturday, gives the fol- lowing particulars with regard to unclaimed correspondence, etc. waiting at the Post Office, and also unclaimed radio telegrams af the Radio Telegraph Office, Gor-, ernment Building :—
PROSPEROUS YEAR FOR DALBANK.
PROFIT FOR Y,800,000,
MUCH BUSINESS IN HARBIN.
#
HARBIN, April 5th.
The annual meeting of the Dal bank, whose head office is in Harbia,. was held at the end of last month, Chinese business men being present a great cumber of Russian and
and the proceedings were carried kin, a local merchant and chairman through. without a hitch, Mr. Kabal-
pt the Bourse Committee presiding, The Dalbank began its operations Poste Restante Correspondence.
in Chinese territory five years ago H. Arns, Master E. Annetta (0/0 Grifin Co.), Bank of Chosen, and from the annual report it can Madam Beauville, Crossley, Ltd., be seen that its" work has grown Rev, W. M. Campbell, Miss Lillian broader and broader. Though its Chung, Miss M.-E. Chapman, F.
ព. half COMDR. DANIEL'S FUTURE.. Day (D.D.A.), D. Fraser, Mr. capital is only five and
Fitz-Henry, Gurtierrez Noms &millions, the profits for the past year JOINS DAILY MAIL." Co., J. Haywood, Dr. Hie Ding amounted to nearly Y000,000, Ling (c/o Red Cross), A: E. S Hayward, Mr. and Mrs. M. M (THROOM, BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
Kolliner, R. Kitain (Manager),
Lord Terrington was remanded till April 30th. An application for bail was refused.
LONDON, April Slet. Commander Daniel has joined the staff of the Daily Mail.
FRANCE WANTS AIR MINISTER.
COMMENT ON THE WORLD FLIGHŤ.
"
(THROUGH BIFIKË'S AGENCY,]
Pants, April 9th.
A lively discussion has been taken
Pollies Left Alone.
Thought a Soviet institution the Kein Sai Tuia Express ofce of Dalbank leave's politics severely Wuchow, S. Lord, W. E. Mariott,
L. McLean, T. H. Morrison (Moraloze as far as Harbin is concerned,
LOVE AND LAUGHS in a gay, entertaining story
of college life -
THE
QUARTERBACK
With
RICHARD
DIX
and
ESTHER RALSTON
""
A ROMANTIC comedy with an underlying note of seriousness. Presenting the most
exciting football game
ever screened !—
QUEEN'S
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
At 2.80, 5.10 & 7.15.
No public movle performance at 9.15 to-night.
rison Motors), A. C. Montgomery, a fact realized by local Chinesa AT THE Comdr. Anthony Morse (D.5.0.), merchants, who are patronizing it W. H. Pashley, H. Pampanga, S. Pampanga, A. Petros. H. B. Red- more and more every year. Its dick, Ritchie & Co., Miss Rogerson, scope of operations during the year M.A. Sofaer, Rev. P. Schule, Prof. has considerably surpassed those J W. N. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Turner (c/o Mr. T. M. M. Turner), of last year, notwithstanding that J. LM. Thesing, M. Tremboff, | the C.E.R. withdrew part of its ge Universal Industry Co., Mr. and counts current during the latter half Mr John Wada, B. Zipper.
of the year, and the forced inter- ruption of the work of the bank's
Unpaid Correspondence, TW. Campbell, Mrs. J. D. Pugh
Shanghai branch. The most import
by the Press following the remark (e/o H.K. Hatel), Miss E. Pant branch of the work' of the bank
able round-the-world fight of Costes and Lebrix, in regard to the fact that the historic flight was made mainly without official sup- port.
Stilley (c/o HK Hotel).
Registered Articles,
is its credit operations, covering Bank of Chosen, N. Crainicine, the traile between Manchuria and G. E. Dares, R. 1. Eitain, M China on the one hand and the Keresky, Lim Kim Chi, Mis. L. Lat Lander (c/o Repulse Bay U.S.S.R. on the other, and the Hotel), Misses B, and R. Morou financing of the exports from Man- It is emphasised that the dashian, F. H. Moring, Nguyen Vachuria of beans, bean-oil and bean- from Tokyo to Paris was entirely Tri, Ritchie & Co., C. Ramson, unded, yet the airmen succeeded Mrs. A. Sherville, C. Tang, Uni- in beating all previous records for veral Industry Co. speed, tenacity and economy.").
The newspapers are again dem marding the appointment of an Air Minister who will devote his whole time to the development of aviation.
NAVAL REDUCTIONS.
FIGURES OF PRE-WAR STRENGTH,
(BRITISH WILEYS SERVICE)
UNCLAIMED RÁDIÓ 'TELEGRAMS.
Address. Vermetus
Sandalwood Simlecham .... Julian Weissbein Poloing
Tadorna
Cheungtaihong
Chungtungobong. Fungtat Ritchie... Launcheongyi Sianhan Percival Scribes Scribes
cake, as well as other grain pro ducts for Japan, Europe and Central China. The import of coal, timber, fish, tobacco products,, naphtha | products, fish, dry-goods, etc., from the U.S.S.R. is carried on by the bank, as well as the exporting to Sura Haru. Russia of China tea and other pro-
Cholon. ducts. ....... Palmbeach.
From Manila.
Trade With Mongolia. Soerabaja. Atsuta Jaru. Another important business which Soerabajais financed by the bank is the ex- Boerabaja porting from Mongolia and Inner Moncay. Mongolia of wool, hides, skins, and Paul Lecat. furs to Europe, America, etc. The |
Swatow. bank is also paying serious atten Pres. Lincolntion now to the financing of local
San Francisco. RUGBY, "April 20th. Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, the First Lord of the Admiralty in a written Parliamentary answer, gives & com- parison of the number of cfficers and ratings serving in the Navy 1913 and this year.
In January 1913, there were 9,489 Effieers and 128,607 ratings the total being 138,008.
In January this year, there were 8.30 officers and 93,799 ratings or a total or 109,314.
ARBITRATION TREATY
SIGNED.
AMERICA ‘AND ITALY PARTIES.
(THIÒUGH KIUTER'S- AGENCY.] ~
Roxx, April 20th,
The arbitration treaty to which Italy and the United States are parties, was signed at Washington to-day The terms are similar to thoes contained in the treaty be- tween France and America.
MEMORIAL TO EARL HAIG. STATUE IN WHITEHALL
{BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE}
Rrony, April 20th.
It is understood that an equÈS- trian statue in London will be the national memorial to Field Marshal
Earl Haig and that the Royal Fine Art Commission which was deputed to consider the subject will report shortly to the Government to this effect.
It is stated that the site proposed for the memorial will be in White- hill, facing the Cenotaphi
If the proposals are approved, Baptors of high reputation will be invited to submis designs for the ficet approval of Government.
EARTHQUAKE HAVOC IN
BULGARIA. RELIEF WORK IN PROGRESS,
(THROUGH REUTLER'S LOKNCY.)
SOPIA, April 20th
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lunetchang... SS.
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Cholan.
SHANTUNG'S ROVING
Choloa, Manchurian industries and giving Canton. credit to loral Chinese clients. This Tebekam.
is demonstrated by the figures which Tenyo Maru
Swatów. were made known at the recent Manila meeting, which amounted to some Andre Lebon, fifteen million dollara.-N-C, Daily
Muchow, News, Yucalai PEELI
Samarinda, Oscar-Bank of China ....................Swatow. Kiceliong
Magelang. Waslaihingkee......... Hozan Maru. Felda 5.8. Aenças ... Canton. Gregory, Cullen San Francisco. Tsanteheungwoo Lal Kwongchowam. 0448 6063 300, etc.
Swatow, Harbor Pilot
Station Shudder Portrait Cucumber Miramar
Yu Euan Tran Kokamun Laisang Homaco... Neavier
:: Somedono Mare, MAHA Nandinh. Kathgar.
- Manila. S.S. Mongolia. Pres. Jackson, Bandakan.
...... Makasser Pres. Pierce. Ogden Utah.
CRIMEAN RESORTS......
RECOVERY AFTER AN EARTH- QUAKE.
CHILDREN.
FLOURISHING BY BEGGING.
ANXIETY OVER RISING PRICES.
CHOUTSUN, SHANTUNO,
April 9th.
During a visit to a town in this area recently, I heard that six men had been abot, writes & North- China Daily News correspondent..
It seems that they sent information |
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Dairen and returned with handsome amounts of ransom money. The men who were that only received as their Crimean health resorts on the share $100 each, so it was reported. Black Sea which suffered heavily The parents recovered the dead when the earthquaker of last Sep- tember brought death and destruc bodies by paying 15 tino, less than tion to the district, are making 5 $2 for each, The youngest of the rapid recovery from the effects of six was a lid of 19, the disaster,
"The rapid restoration of the The spring wheat badly needi towns along the coast which were rain. Children can be seen wearing affected by the disaster, is remark-
able," said My. Th. Ionoff, a Eus- the willow branches twined on their sian bank official who was in the heads, in preparation for the pro Crimen when the earthquakes oc- cession to pray for rain. The poor| curred.
anxious, sa
"The shocks were not spectacu- people are getting
lar, but it was a terrifying ex- the price of grain Although
perience for nervous people,
"Residents forsook their houses
crowds of beggars are met, the
and hotel when the first shocks children look fat and fourishing and were felt and went to the open seem to enjoy their roaming exist countryside, where they lived and ence. The food they get as tha zlept until all danger passed."
This district, apart from the result of begging is not must worse. The Bulgarian Premier in an in health resorts on the coast, is noted than that to which they have been
terview at Philippopolis said that the earthquakes on Saturday and Wednesday destroyed whole dis tricts within an area of 1,000 square kilometres.
Eighty thousand families have been rendered homeless by the digas- ter, but a great deal of rehef work is already in progress
The death roll is steadily mount ing, the totals reported up to date are auch in excess of 100 killed and *400 injured.
for its vineyarda, orchards, and to accustomed at home, bucco plantations. Funds have
In conversation the other day been granted by the Russian Gov erment to ensure rapid restoration with a countryman at a wayside of the damaged buildings and inn, after some flattering state- trade.
ments relative to foreign nations, be Building operations are almost complete, and there is little doubt said:" But there is one thing in that when the season opens this which we are superior to you. Our month, the district will be in, mor mal order with scarcely a trace of people are thick (ou) Such the disaster that came six months little touches of gentle humour help
the travellor on his way.
ago.
MITSUI
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SOLE AGENTS
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HONGKONG
FILM STAR BEHIND SHOP, have been playing lead opposite each other for some time. Now I COUNTER
want to make two different pairs; I want a man to play opposite Vilma PRODUCER'S SEARCH FOR A Banky and a woman to take the
LEADING LADY.
chief parts with Ronald Colman."
Mr. Goldwyn has been christened the star maker," He has dis- covered quite a lot of hidden talent.
Wanted, by Mr. Samuel Goldwyn, the famous film producer,.
4.I firmly believe if English pro One leading lady Weight 115 and find new people instead of Bud- ducers would go and look at home Jbs to 120 lbs., height 5 ft. 4 is.;ing secondhand American stars they complexion, dark preferred, but would build their industries much pretty blonde considered; must quicker," he said. have personality:
I believe I shall find my star One leading man: Weight not lady from the masset. The future stipulated, height. &.ft. 10 ins to picture star is behind the shop 6 ft.; also with personality; actor counter or in a departmental stára, The great stars do not come from for preference.
I am looking for two people the theatre, though it is advisable to become stay turns,” said Mr to have some theatrical trainings: Goldwyn to a press representative. The great thing is screen, person
Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky ality